EFFECT OF VITAMIN C ON DEPRESSION IN MENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH BALANCED DIET: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL

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JOKAR AFSANEH; FARAHI FARZANEH

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Journal: Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility Year:2014 | Volume:17 | Issue:121 Page(s): 18-23

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EFFECT OF VITAMIN C ON DEPRESSION IN MENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH BALANCED DIET: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL

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JOKAR AFSANEH | FARAHI FARZANEH | Issue Writer Certificate

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BALANCED DIETQ2

DEPRESSIONQ2

MENOPAUSAL WOMENQ1

VITAMIN CQ2

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Introduction: DEPRESSION is one of the most common mental disorder caused by stress. To combat with stress-induced chemical changes in biological systems, firstly antioxidant defense and then non-enzymatic antioxidants such as VITAMIN C, E and Beta Carotene are involved. The present study was performed with the aim of with improving stress-induced DEPRESSION evaluate the effect of VITAMIN C on DEPRESSION in postmenopausal women.Methods: This double-blind, randomized controlled trial was performed on 150 MENOPAUSAL WOMEN in Shiraz Hafez hospital at 2013. The participants were placed in two groups of VITAMIN C and placebo. The intervention group received 500 mg of VITAMIN C twice daily for six months and a control group received a placebo with the same method. Beck questionnaire was completed before and after the intervention and DEPRESSION score was assessed. Data was analyzed with use of SPSS version 15 and Paired t-test and repeated measures of variance analysis and analysis of covariance. PResults: By comparing DEPRESSION scores before and after the intervention, there was no significant difference between two groups (P>0.05) .Also, no significant difference was observed between VITAMIN C group (P=0.365 and) the placebo group (P=0.215) in terms of DEPRESSION scores before and after intervention.Conclusion: Results of the studies reported that the effects of VITAMIN C and other antioxidants is as an adjunctive effective factor in the treatment of DEPRESSION and anxiety. This study did not obtain this result and requires further investigation.

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JOKAR, AFSANEH, & FARAHI, FARZANEH. (2014). EFFECT OF VITAMIN C ON DEPRESSION IN MENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH BALANCED DIET: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY AND INFERTILITY, 17(121), 18-23. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/65086/en

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JOKAR AFSANEH, FARAHI FARZANEH. EFFECT OF VITAMIN C ON DEPRESSION IN MENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH BALANCED DIET: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY AND INFERTILITY[Internet]. 2014;17(121):18-23. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/65086/en

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AFSANEH JOKAR, and FARZANEH FARAHI, “EFFECT OF VITAMIN C ON DEPRESSION IN MENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH BALANCED DIET: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL,” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY AND INFERTILITY, vol. 17, no. 121, pp. 18–23, 2014, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/65086/en

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